Approaches - Cognitive Perspective - Computer Analogies

Cognitive perspective ­ computer analogiesWhy do cognitive psychologists use computer analogies? The structure of the human brain does not reveal anything about psychological functioning! This is the real problem for psychology; comparison with a computer is usefulHow are brains and computers similar? Computers take a symbolic input, recode it, make decisions about the recoded input, make new expressions from it, store some or all of the input and five a symbolic output This is very similar to how the human mind processes informationComputer simulations in science: Attempt to simulate (reproduce features) Molecules reacting An asteroid and the destruction of the dinosaursComputer simulations in cognitive psychology: The aim in this context is to attempt to simulate human cognitive processesArtificial Intelligence (AI) Getting computers to perform tasks that we regard as requiring `intelligence'No matter how intelligent you make a computer, it will never have emotions